BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//128.220.36.25//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology X-WR-CALDESC: X-FROM-URL:https://inbt.jhu.edu X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-11063@inbt.jhu.edu DTSTAMP:20240327T182619Z CATEGORIES: CONTACT:Office of Sustainability\; https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponseP age.aspx?id=OPSkn-axO0eAP4b4rt8N7GT-IFwDp51Il151io3ZApFUQjNDMUNTSDFKOVEwMV dSSURPNkFCRTE3UC4u DESCRIPTION:
Ultra-low temperatur e freezers consume as much electricity annually as a typical single-family home. Hopkins laboratories can lower their lab’s carbon footprint and cha llenge your cold storage practices by taking part in the Freezer Challenge. Supp orted by the International In stitute for Sustainable Laboratories (I2SL) and My Green Lab\, this challen ge is designed to promote best practices in cold storage management for la boratories around the world.
\nJohns Hopkins operates over 1\,500 Ul tra-low temperature freezers and even more refrigerators\, standard freeze rs\, and cold rooms that utilize millions of kWh per year. The annual chal lenge encourages labs to implement best practices related to cold storage maintenance\, from temperature tuning (-70C is the new -80C) to removing i ce buildup\, that all contribute to making freezer more energy efficient.< /p>\n
This year\, top performing labs at each Johns Hopkins school have the opportunity to earn up to $5\,000 in awards used for sustainable purch ases\, repairs\, or upgrades. All labs with cold-storage units are eligibl e to join the challenge.
\nThe challenge runs through July 1\, 2023 but actions as far back as August 1\, 2022 are eligible be included. Many of these practices you may already be doing! As an added bonus\, participa tion in the Freezer Challenge earns labs 2 Sustainability Actions Points t owards Green Lab Certification.
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